Earth scoop



Nov. 13, 192s. V1,691,153:

P. H. HISCOCK EARTH sooo? Filed Aug. 26, 1926 Sheets-Sheet 1 Nov. 13,1928, 1,691,153.

P. H. l-nscocK EARTH scoor n Filed Aug. 26, 192e 2 sheets-sheet 2 Ihnen/601 Patented Nov. 13, 19728.

rnncY iiERBEnT Hrsooox, or ryan-one, vio'ronrzi, AUs'TRALi.

Application fueki August a6, 1926, serial Nvo.

A Anobject `ofthis inventionis to Vprovide animproved Wheeled earth scoop usable. in gravel, sand and so on (all hereinafter called earth) ,which will be of light draughg easy for'adriver seated onor standing by the scoop to operate, andusable atl will as a tip' dray, and inv-various, other working positions. A further `,object is to. 4provide-.forthe screening of earth as it is scooped, screening combs of various gauges being provided. Land Vsurfaces. canbe opera-ted on by making successive trips of the scoop and 4.the gauge of the earth picked up at each ltrip will be as predetermined. Y H l i f y i My scoop enablesearth tol be levelled ,and itallows otdumping the scooped `earthfso as to make a fairly leyelsuriace. This functionwis of use in road construction. The

scoopoperates either as a mechanical .shovel or as a scraper as required. For brevitythe word scoop isused hereinafter with reference to the earth containeror scoop body.

I illustrateby drawings herewithan 'embodiment of my invention, but the construction shown may be modifed'while retaining features hereinafter claimed. i

y Figure 1 is a perspectivev View from the Vrear oi my machine in load carrying, non- Kscooping posit-ion, the near wheel being almost Wholly removed.r c l Fig. 2 Ais a perspectivegview of a slightly ymodified form of screening comb on the machine, the spaces between its teeth being variableV to cause the gauge of material scooped to be as predetermined. y

Figure 3 is a plan of part of the adjusting mechanism. for rotating and holding the scoop. l A

Figure 4lis a sectional view of the rim of the control pulley attached to the scoop..` l

Figure 5 is a sectional view of means of I attachment of a controlrope to the winding.

drum. y

Figures one road wheel. y s s Figure 6 shows the scoop in advancing po sition, as it scoops earth in front.v^

`Figure 7 showsthe scoop rotated intoja position to deposit previously scooped earth in a layer ,as the scoopsadvances.y

Figure. 8 shows a scoop rotated to a nonto 9 sliowoutliiies of ascoop and'V EARTH SQOOR 1531.759, and infaustiaiiauvenbei 21,` 1925 scoopingpositionf and ililledV with a load of previously scooped or other'earth. igure 9 yshowsthe scoop in a different dumping position from that of Figure 7. Y

The scoop top is shown wholly open in FigureslandS."y i' y y' The Aframe '1 of my machine has any suitable draught means shownas, but not limited to, .shafts 2,1atr'avctor connection or a motor being usable. 'lhe frame rear la isv transverse to and connects its sides, which extend .forwardly at lc tothe draught attachments.

VThis frame is of suitable. material `as bar metal. mj. n

. lStubY axles project from the trame, i being holes in the 4frameto receive means to fasten these axles which support the ground wheels 3. Forward ot' the stub axles, the framehas downwardly projectingmembers, shown as lugs 1d, which carryaV non-rotative axial member 6, on which thescoop 5 is freely'suspended, member 6` passing Athrough suitable anti-friction,bearings thescoop sides..A A

y part,'5foff the outside surface of `this scoop is arcuate .or approximately so in section, and

adjacentto it is a part 5l which in ,sectionis fiat or approximatelyso, these parts in conjunction forming Athe y.outer surfaces of the container orscoop.. The seoopcanlcarry a `relatively` large amount of earth,I when its mouth v5? is'uppermostas in Figure 8.,

Thescoop is vrevolvable, the position of partsa, 5b, anc 5C being varied as` required;

. and the balance of the scoop on `its axle is` suchthat when kfully or moderately loaded,

it will" not tend to. discharge its `contents even if free of thecontrol mechanism hereinafter described, vbut will find., a position of equilibrium, (and can thus serve jas a. dray.

' .@Whelnth'escoop `i-s forward.

teethlg `0r.7*?entering ground so that it `detaches' earth which'enters the `scoop asin Figure 6, the earth" be' 'dragged to .the place desired. y, Or the earth 'can Vbe gradually lill! .ure'7. Or the earth can be dumped to leave a heap, by rotating the scoop to raise the lip as indicated by the arrow in Figure 7. i

Upon rotation of the scoop to the'position of Figure 8, ity retains its load for transport purposes; and by Vmoving the machine oir'to a ramp 3f Figure 9, the load can beeasiiy dumped byrotating the scoop. Tn Figures 7 and 9 arrows illustrate upward and rearward rotation respectively of the scoop lip. The

scoop will be positioned as iiiFiguresGr to 9 according to the etlfectdesiied. y

' Scoop rotation will be controlled by ai driver, a seat being'available at the Ymachine rear 'for his use, the base of a` seat standard being shown at 8, a detachable standard or `known forni being usable at will.

W hen the scoop is cutting earth' and taking upa load and the wheel tyres will be consebedded iii Vthe soil owing to the weight of the machine, it will be necessary to'c'ounteract changes of position of the cutting lip thereby produced. f For this purposethe driver will from time to time as desirable adjust mechanisin about to be described, to locate `the cutting edgein proper operative position, that is above thev tyre base line. My machine is effective in screening gravel; that vwhich is of or coarser than the desired gauge is raised into the scoop, smaller mate-y rial being wholly oi almost wholly left on.'

the ground. The screen gauge can at any time'be varied. Toit as creening comb in working position the holding bolts e are re movedand the rods 10 substituted;- on these rods bars 7 are 1nounted,lany.easyrmeans for adjusting the spacing being usable; thus `feriules 11 are set interniediately, to regulate the'gauge. The comb rear has crossbar' 7c to receive fastening means shown as `bolts 7d.

The scoopy will if requiredcut hardor very iesistant'ground, including stiff clay, to allow of whichlf provide'stress receiving members, including a chain 14 connected to a bracket 141011 the frame rear member 1a" and having Vmeans to grip the scoop edge 5h.r this means 'being shown as a hook 14; and additional chains are used at will cbnnecte'd to suitable parts of the scoop,for which purpose a series of holes 14@ is shown'. v.

i The scoop rotation vand ixiiig` mechanismA utilizes .flexible members, hereinafter called ropes 16, 17, secured at their ends within a grooved pulley 18 which is fixed by bolts (not,

shown) adaptedto en't-erbosses 18a, thesaid kbolts passing through one side of the scoop so v-that the pulley rotateswith it.L At the frame `rear,at one side there is a winding drum 19, v vvvhiclihas rope tracks, and is ittedWit-h a series ofyratchet Wheels'20, 21, 212L each of I Which rotates "simultaneously withl the drum.y Wheel 20 being fixed to the drum axle 26y and similarly released.

frame;

wheels 21, 21 being fixed to thedruin. There is or are one or morepawls for each set of ratchet wheels; thus wheel 2O has pawls 223 and 23a; Wheel'21, paivl 24; and wheel 21a, pawl 24u. Any of these pawls can be by the Vdriver by hand from any convenient position to engage its ratchet wheel, or it can be Ropes 16, 17 are connect` edrv to the drinn by passing the end of each through a hole ina rope path to a clamp in the drum. The'druni is fixed to'an axle 26 rotatable in supportsy 26 on the machine `To prevent vany rope fouling on the drum as it rotates, the drinn is provided with aguiding wed ge 19l; and tov keep the ropes apart, even when considerable lengths thereof are coiled on the drum, the drum carries a iib19c.

A lever 22 which carries two oppositely set pawls 23, 24,' pivoted to it, is shown erect ent gaging respectively the ratchets 20, 21. queiitly somewhat, but morer or less, em-

The machine is fitted with a iirmfand conrvenieiitioot stay for the driver when he has iixed to the latter, the method shown being to ,t passreach through a hole in' the base of the pulley groove provided forthat` rope, to a clamp 25, Each clamp comprises plates 25h, 25 which are connected by bolts 25dr to grip thekrope end. These clamps facilitate rope adjustment, allowing'slack to be taken @up and regulating the tension of the ropes.y

According to the direction in which the drum is to be turned, one or other of pawls 23, 24 and a -check pawl 23'"L or 24a, is swung by the attendant into its inoperative posi tion. y

e `Assuming the scoop to be in the position of Figures 1 and S-then to move the scoop kto the illingposition, Figure 6, pawls 23,23a are swung by the attendant to an inoperative position, and lever`22 isf moved so as to make pawl `24 turn the ratchet 21 which turns drum 19, paying out rope 16 and Winding rope 17 toturn piilley'lSand move scoop 5 to thc lposition in Figure 6. The check pawl '24"' prevents reverse ii'iovement of the drunfi.y By a further ii-.ioveiiieiitl of the scoop iii thedirection last mentionedthe scraping position is reached, and the load will escape ybelenv the lip dto 'form a ground layer inFigure To return the scoop `to carrying position ,the attendant sets pawls 23, 23;1 to engageV their v ratclietand swings pawls 24, 21E-into inoperative positions. By moving the lever he then .brings they scoop to the required position.

Further movement yof the scoop will shift it .v into itsy load ydumping position shown by Figure 9.

lI claim g y c 1. A rotatable scoop, having a` Wheeled frame, and at one side of the scoop rear a series of ratchet wheels fixed on rotatable winding drum, a plurality oft ropes each fastened at one end to said drinn, and extending therefrom to a pulley fixed at the Side of the scoop, the other ends of the ropes being fastened to the pulley, a pairoit pawls bea-ring on diilierent ratfliet wheels of the said series either pawl of said pair being raisable to allow of rot-ation ot the series of ratchet wheels in a distinctive direction, the unraised pawl preventing reverse rotation, and a lever carrying a pair oi pawls each lo- Catable to bea-r ron a different ratchet wheel so that each of these pawls is adapted to rotate the'd'rum in a distinctive direction vaecording to the direction ot' movement of the lever, rotation of the drum moving the ropes,

and thereby rotating the pulley and' Scoop, adjusting the latter into either seooping, load Carrying non-scooping, or discharging, position, at will.

2. A rotatable scoop as set forth in el aim 1, and having at its torepart a screening comb.

3. 'A rotatable scoop as .Set forth in Claim l, and having at its orepart a screening Comb, having its teeth mounted on transverse bars separated by Spacers which are adapted to regulate the widths of the spaces between the comb teeth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

PERO/Y HERBERT HISCOCK. 

